SSHS Library Newsletter
Autumn Edition, 2018
What's New In the Library?
- Brittannica (offers an online Encyclopedia in English and in Spanish)
- Teaching Books (includes a lot of author information and interviews for children's literature and young adult literature).
- Proquest (includes several different databases, which are listed below).
These amazing resources will be available on the SSHS Library website and on the SVUSD site.
NEW BOOKS!
The other order is for various new library books. Most of these books are the latest, hottest books for 2018. I will let you know when the books arrive.
Below I have pics of the covers for a small sampling of the books that will be arriving soon. :-)
3 Recommended Sites & 3 Google Tips
AddText
Just like the name states, this site allows you to quickly and easily add text and icons to your photos. Great for making infographics, posters, or charts and graphics for presentations. You don't even need to sign up.
AddText
Just like the name states, this site allows you to quickly and easily add text and icons to your photos. Great for making infographics, posters, or charts and graphics for presentations. You don't even need to sign up.
AddText
Just like the name states, this site allows you to quickly and easily add text and icons to your photos. Great for making infographics, posters, or charts and graphics for presentations. You don't even need to sign up.
AddText
Just like the name states, this site allows you to quickly and easily add text and icons to your photos. Great for making infographics, posters, or charts and graphics for presentations. You don't even need to sign up.
http://addtext.com/EdPuzzle
Find or create your own videos or tutorials. Use this site to:
create and store curricular units, flip your class, provide video review lessons, have students create lessons and units, and so much more.
SlidesCarnival
Google Tip #1
Import and convert old Word docs to use in Google Drive.
To import one Word doc and convert it to a Google Doc, just select "file upload" in Google Docs. Google Docs will ask you if you want to convert the file to a Google Doc.
To import and convert several Word docs at the same time, just move them into one folder, and then use the "folder upload" feature in Google Docs. Google Docs will prompt you to convert the file.
Google Tip #2
Taking a full or partial screenshot on a Chromebook.
To take a screenshot of an entire page, click the Control key & the "switch window" key.
To take a partial screenshot, click Control + Shift + "switch window" keys. This will make a crosshair appear. Just place the crosshair where you want to start and then click and drag to select the area. Wait for a small screenshot to appear in the lower right corner. Click on "Copy to clipboard" to save to Drive or use Control + V to paste into a doc. To the left is a pic of the keys to select for a partial screenshot.
Google Tip #3
Embedding a Presentation onto Your Website
To embed a Google Slides presentation, or just about anything in Google Drive, just click on File and scroll down to “Publish to the web”. Then click on the word “embed” and then click on “Publish”. Google will ask if you are sure you want to publish to the web. Click OK and then your embed code will be ready. Just copy this embed code (control + C) and paste it in a website that allows you to embed. (Weebly does this quickly and easily) If you want to limit people, just click on the box for SVUSD only.
Newsletter Quiz -
Each person who gets 100% will be entered into our drawing to win a prize.
Fill in the blank:
- To embed a presentation or document in Google, you should click on "File" and scroll down to _________________________________.
- The name of the site that can give you free templates for Google Slides and PPT is _________________________________.
- The name of one of the biographies that the SSHS library will soon receive is titled _________________________________.
- The name of the Proquest database that is geared for middle and high school research is _________________________________.
- The name of the resource that is good for finding or creating videos or tutorials is _________________________________.
- The name of one of the fiction books that the SSHS library will soon receive is titled _________________________________.
- The name of the huge Proquest eBook resource for subject-area content is _________________________________.
- To import a large number of Word docs, you should place them in a folder and then use _________________________________ feature in Google Drive.
- A great site for generating your own posters and infographics is _________________________________.
- The 3 buttons you can press simultaneously on a Chromebook to make a partial screenshot are the_________________________________, _________________________________, and _________________________________ buttons.
- The name of the database that provides cultural information for countries around the globe is _________________________________.
The SSHS Library Media Center
Email: carol.forbes@simivalleyusd.org
Website: https://sshslibrary.org
Location: 3570 Cochran Street, Simi Valley, CA, USA
Phone: 805-520-6800 3733
Twitter: @cjforbes